When life doesn't work: taking another look at our life stories -- Imagining another person's experience: overcoming the limitations of a self-centered perspective -- Why we can't "just get over it": The psychobiology of wounded people -- Moving on after bad things happen: the need for consolation and witness -- How the wars of our forebears relate to our lives today -- Needing to let others know: healing from childhood sexual abuse -- Giving grief its due -- Protecting against dangers that are no longer there: Passing on survival reactions -- Mastery and reenactment: overcoming our limitations, growing beyond our families -- "Ayeckah?": being honest with ourselves -- Risking the truth -- The healing marriage: a second chance to master childhood trauma -- The discipline of the fifth commandment: re-forming character, forgiving our parents -- Reading between the lines: of our parents' stories -- Final witness and final moments.
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